Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)
Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990). Justice Goldberg autographs a letter in response to an autograph request on august 30, 1976 mentioning he was largely responsible for the passage of the minimum wage law.
John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971), Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)
John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971) Justice Harlan’s grandfather sat on the supreme court from (1877-1911). Justice Harlan II was a nomination made by President Eisenhower and he autographs a letter on supreme court stationary dated October 24, 1955, addressed to Mr. Phillip Maroney.
Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990) and Abe Fortas #95 (1819-1982)
Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990) and Abe Fortas #95 (1819-1982) these are two Justices who in consecutive fashion made the mistakes of a lifetime concurrent to each other. Their stay on the court was brief by their own doing. Justice Goldberg in less than three years and as a favor to President Johnson surrendered his seat on the court to accept the position as the U.S. Representative to the United Nations. That position lasted 3 years.
Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)
Arthur Goldberg candidly observed in part that: “no system worth preserving should have to fear that if a person is permitted to consult with a lawyer, he will become aware of, and exercise these rights.” Because “no system of criminal justice can, or should, survive if it comes to depend for its continued effectiveness on the citizens abdication through unawareness of their constitutional rights.”
Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)
Goldberg served as Secretary of Labor and Jack Kennedy’s second nomination to the Supreme Court and he became United States Ambassador to the United Nations. After Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas Lyndon Baines Johnson became President. He confided in Goldberg his desire to appoint him to a new post in the United Nations. You can tell from the photograph how appreciative the President was.